Columbus holiday in Latin America revives centuries-old historical debate
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilisation to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era’s contested historical legacy. Commemorating Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas on 12th October, 1492, the office of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei posted on […]
In the US, United Methodists’ Native American International Caucus calls for end to Columbus Day
United StatesRNS The Native American International Caucus, which advocates for Native Americans both inside and outside of the United Methodist Church, is calling on lawmakers to get rid of Columbus Day. To replace the federal holiday, which this year falls on 10th October, the caucus is asking Congress to approve several bills formalising Indigenous Peoples Day as a […]
Mexico City marks Columbus Day without statue of Columbus
Mexico City, Mexico AP Mexicans have never had much affection for Christopher Columbus, and officials were being coy about why his statue was removed from the capital’s main boulevard over the weekend before Monday’s observances of Columbus Day, which saw protests in several Latin American nations. Unlike in other cities where monuments to the 15th […]
In New York City, Mother Cabrini statue to be unveiled on Columbus Day
New York City, USAP New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The unveiling of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was […]